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PRONUNCIATION OF HARDEN UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARDEN UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Harden up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb harden up in English.

WHAT DOES HARDEN UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of harden up in the English dictionary

The definition of harden up in the dictionary is to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HARDEN UP

PRESENT

Present
I harden up
you harden up
he/she/it hardens up
we harden up
you harden up
they harden up
Present continuous
I am hardening up
you are hardening up
he/she/it is hardening up
we are hardening up
you are hardening up
they are hardening up
Present perfect
I have hardened up
you have hardened up
he/she/it has hardened up
we have hardened up
you have hardened up
they have hardened up
Present perfect continuous
I have been hardening up
you have been hardening up
he/she/it has been hardening up
we have been hardening up
you have been hardening up
they have been hardening up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hardened up
you hardened up
he/she/it hardened up
we hardened up
you hardened up
they hardened up
Past continuous
I was hardening up
you were hardening up
he/she/it was hardening up
we were hardening up
you were hardening up
they were hardening up
Past perfect
I had hardened up
you had hardened up
he/she/it had hardened up
we had hardened up
you had hardened up
they had hardened up
Past perfect continuous
I had been hardening up
you had been hardening up
he/she/it had been hardening up
we had been hardening up
you had been hardening up
they had been hardening up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will harden up
you will harden up
he/she/it will harden up
we will harden up
you will harden up
they will harden up
Future continuous
I will be hardening up
you will be hardening up
he/she/it will be hardening up
we will be hardening up
you will be hardening up
they will be hardening up
Future perfect
I will have hardened up
you will have hardened up
he/she/it will have hardened up
we will have hardened up
you will have hardened up
they will have hardened up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hardening up
you will have been hardening up
he/she/it will have been hardening up
we will have been hardening up
you will have been hardening up
they will have been hardening up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would harden up
you would harden up
he/she/it would harden up
we would harden up
you would harden up
they would harden up
Conditional continuous
I would be hardening up
you would be hardening up
he/she/it would be hardening up
we would be hardening up
you would be hardening up
they would be hardening up
Conditional perfect
I would have harden up
you would have harden up
he/she/it would have harden up
we would have harden up
you would have harden up
they would have harden up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hardening up
you would have been hardening up
he/she/it would have been hardening up
we would have been hardening up
you would have been hardening up
they would have been hardening up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you harden up
we let´s harden up
you harden up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to harden up
Past participle
hardened up
Present Participle
hardening up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARDEN UP

hardboard
hardboot
hardbound
hardcase
hardcore
hardcourt
hardcover
Hardecanute
harden
harden off
Hardenberg
Hardenburg
hardened
hardener
hardening
hardening of the arteries
hardface
hardfisted
hardhack
hardhanded

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARDEN UP

brain up
button up
clean up
even up
gen up
join up
keep one´s chin up
man up
open up
run up
sign up
skin up
soften up
straighten up
turn up

Synonyms and antonyms of harden up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «harden up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARDEN UP

Find out the translation of harden up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harden up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harden up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

变硬了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

endurecer
570 millions of speakers

English

harden up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर कड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حتى تتصلب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

затвердеть до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

endurecer -se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শক্ত হয়ে উঠুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

durcir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengeras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

härten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アップ固める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최대 강화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Harden munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cứng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடினமாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कठोर अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sertleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indurirsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uodpornić się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

затвердіти до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intareasca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκληραίνουν μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verhard
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

härda upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stivne opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harden up

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARDEN UP»

The term «harden up» is normally little used and occupies the 112.120 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARDEN UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «harden up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «harden up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harden up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARDEN UP»

Discover the use of harden up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harden up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Harden Up!: How to be Resilient, Stop Taking Things ...
Felix Economakis explains how previous generations were tougher, harder working and coped better with obstacles, and compares their attitudes to today's overly sensitive, hand-it-to-me-on-a-platter culture.
Felix Economakis, 2013
2
Harden Up
Once you have your brain in the right place the battle is 90 per cent won. ′Dr Mike′ From the award-winning trainer and mentor of THE BIGGEST LOSER comes the book that will change your life. Feeling listless, overweight and over it?
Shannan Ponton, Donna Jones, 2013
3
The Lions Of Lucerne
If that doesn't work, then we harden up.” Harden up was the Secret Service term for immedi- ately closing ranks and body-shielding their assign- ment from any potential threat. 42 Brad Thor 42 Brad Thor Scot tried three times The lions of ...
Brad Thor, 2008
4
Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What ...
What Works and What Doesn't Patricia L. Papernow. wanting to feel cared about? But the one who shows up to take care of business is that Harden Up part. Right? ” “Yup!" she said, almost triumphantly. “Then what do you do?" ...
Patricia L. Papernow, 2013
5
A B Sea: A Loose-Footed Lexicon
hard,. the. a firm sloping foreshore, often artificial, which can be used as a landing- place; or otherwise just a place where trees grow. hard. chine. a sharp intersection between the hull's side and bottom. harden. in. see hardeN uP. harden. up.
Jack Lagan, 2003
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The English dialect dictionary
A howp it'll harden up. n.Yks. I think it will harden out innoo (I.\V.); n.Yks.1 'It's to be hoped 't will harden out'; said when a rainy fit in harvest-timeappearedto be likely to give way to fair weather; n.Yks.2 'The day will harden out,' the rain will ...
Joseph Wright
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We Are at War: Book One: Origin and Progress of Our War
From Psalm 95, we get this warning and call 0 come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before our Lord, our Maker— 0 that today you will listen to his voice, do not harden up your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day at Masah in the  ...
Vitalis Chi Nwaneri, 2013
8
Damané
Sachiel pulled Harden up out of the passage and into the daylight. 'Zale thought he heard someone down there. He's gone to find them.' 'What was the scream for ?' asked Acacia as she peered back into the passage below. 'He slipped on the ...
Harriet Talbot, 2008
9
All Blacks Don't Cry
I think that the message of 'harden up', if you were to put it in context, is pretty much what my dad would also have said: 'You'll get through this. Tough times don't last, tough people do. You've just got to ride it, you've got to understand that  ...
John Kirwan, Margie Thomson, 2010
10
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
There must be the same uncertainty in the Quadruple distribution of the working up a cable. When a cable has its yarns shortened to two ^ds, the ordinary practice has been, ill, To warp 180 fathoms ; ad, To harden up the strands 30 fathoms; ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARDEN UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harden up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Houston stars J.J. Watt, James Harden up for ESPY Awards on …
Houston stars J.J. Watt, James Harden up for ESPY Awards on Wednesday. By Greg Rajan. Updated 7:08 pm, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
2
View from the Street: Indonesia wreaks vengeance on our innocent …
Why the NRA has Australia in its sights · Speed traps ignoring safety and filling government pockets · Blunt instrument: Harden up Queensland, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Blunt instrument: Harden up Queensland, it's not that cold
Queensland and New South Wales can expect "a run of chilly days" with a strong cold front sending temperatures plummeting to four degrees ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
4
Retired Nathan Grima urges North Melbourne players to harden up
Retired Nathan Grima urges North Melbourne players to harden up, make the most of their chances. by: Gilbert Gardiner; From: Herald Sun ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
5
Battle of the bulge
As the plant grows and begins to flower or is hit with frosts, she said it would "harden up" making the proteins and carbohydrates in the plant ... «The Land Newspaper, Jul 15»
6
US govt now says 21.5 million people exposed by OPM hack …
US CIO Tony Scott chimed in on the call to say that the government has conducted a "30-day sprint" to harden up its security in the wake of the ... «The Register, Jul 15»
7
Tragedy often could be avoided
"You have to condition yourself to harden up because you have to remain impartial," he said. With improvements in car technology and ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
8
We're home: immigrants, proud Australians
Blunt instrument: Harden up Queensland, it's not that cold 51 comments; China ... Blunt instrument: Harden up Queensland, it's not that cold ... «The Age, Jul 15»
9
Fearnley makes a Peachy return to Atlanta
“I think I need a glass of concrete to harden up a bit,” he joked regarding his sinus complaint as soon as he crossed the line. “But it's great to be ... «Western Advocate, Jul 15»
10
There was absolutely nothing in the Reserve Bank's statement on …
... RBA might harden up its easing bias. But there was none of that either. Just the usual “further depreciation seems both likely and necessary.”. «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»

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